Gustav Ritter von Kahr

Gustav Ritter von Kahr

Gustav Ritter von Kahr (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈʁɪtɐ fɔn ˈkaːɐ̯]; born Gustav Kahr; 29 November 1862 – 30 June 1934) was a German jurist and right-wing politician. During his career he was district president of Upper Bavaria, Bavarian minister president and, from September 1923 to February 1924, Bavarian state commissioner general with dictatorial powers. In that role he openly opposed the government of the Weimar Republic in several instances, including by ceasing to enforce the Law for the Protection of the Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav Ritter von Kahr has received more than 447,046 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Gustav Ritter von Kahr is the 3,180th most popular politician (up from 3,222nd in 2019), the 864th most popular biography from Germany (up from 893rd in 2019) and the 249th most popular German Politician.

Gustav Ritter von Kahr was a politician who served as the Bavarian prime minister from 1923 to 1925. He was also a member of the German Reichstag from 1924 to 1933. He was most famous for being the leader of the right-wing faction of the Bavarian government and for his opposition to the Weimar Republic.